Based on J.M. Synge's 1907 play of the same name, Vaughan Williams' Riders to the Sea is set in the Aran Islands and is his most moving and compelling opera. Elemental and hauntingly lyrical, the music communicates all the raw directness of a primitive myth.
Creatives/Company
Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Archive listings for Riders to the Sea (2015)
Work type: Opera or Operetta. There are performances of this work in the listings (current and future) database, see Riders to the Sea
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